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Has any one played this game
It seems to perform awfully on this phone
Any mods of suggestions that anyone has would be really appreciated

It performs awful on all phones. Not a well optimized game.

draino623 said:
It performs awful on all phones. Not a well optimized game.
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Hmm I disagree it just appears to be better optimised for some devices.
I wish devs gave more support in regards to changing resolution and settings for Android games... A little like the GTA games have attempted.
But thanks anyway

Hi I play it regularly and yes I can confirm it doesnt like oneplus phones. This game runs fast and smooth without any lags whatsoever on my S3. Whereas it reallllly lags on my oneplus 2. But I am happy with its performance on the oneplus 3. It works fine on the 3.

Angadadlakha said:
Hi I play it regularly and yes I can confirm it doesnt like oneplus phones. This game runs fast and smooth without any lags whatsoever on my S3. Whereas it reallllly lags on my oneplus 2. But I am happy with its performance on the oneplus 3. It works fine on the 3.
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Yeah. Wished it ran at a higher frame rate. 30 seems like it's struggling which clearly isn't the case.
Cheers for the reply

it performs better in small phones but not on op3

Multitasking/RAM

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Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

ram management is really good so having no problem in light multitasking.

on light multi tasking runs smooth.

Enough for casual use.

Multitasking is fine. Task switching is smooth,

Multitasking is good on all kirin based ROM but soemtime aggressive background killing of app on EMUI causes concern. You can not have more than 20 apps open at amy point of time.

shashank1320 said:
Multitasking is good on all kirin based ROM but soemtime aggressive background killing of app on EMUI causes concern. You can not have more than 20 apps open at amy point of time.
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Maybe because of RAM availability.

itisiryan said:
Maybe because of RAM availability.
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Nope. This is limitation on EMUI. Havent tested on custom ROMs recently. May be thats Android behavior. even on 6X, 5X, 5C, 4X, 8, 8 pro, all had max 20 apps at a time. dont see any issue with RAM on these devices or at least 6X, 8, 8 pro

shashank1320 said:
Nope. This is limitation on EMUI. Havent tested on custom ROMs recently. May be thats Android behavior. even on 6X, 5X, 5C, 4X, 8, 8 pro, all had max 20 apps at a time. dont see any issue with RAM on these devices or at least 6X, 8, 8 pro
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Hmm. Nice info.

I've bought recently the European cousin Huawei GT3 which has fingerprint scanner and the RAM management is good for my daily usage (SSH, Photos, browsing, coulding, PDF), just a dozen of apps and an Genesis Emulator (I have a Sega Ultimate Portable for legal purposes...). Use Optimize under Battery settings and don't allow some applications to run on foreground, to have spare ram if you don't use it at all.

Stock emui is too aggressive with closing applications, it kills youtube two minutes after closing it. Now I have Elite rom and I can have much more apps open

Twisted Prime said:
Stock emui is too aggressive with closing applications, it kills youtube two minutes after closing it. Now I have Elite rom and I can have much more apps open
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Indeed buddy. Thats the problem with stock rom.
It will kill Twitter, FB, YouTube ans many other apps within a couple of minutes.

Lag?

Anyone experience any lag issues?I tried sing Facebook Messenger video earlier and it said it didn't connect.I also experienced some lag while playing Puzzle Fighter.I know it's a budget phone but that much lag?:/
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never got any lag except youtube but thats probably cause of their app issue since youtube lags in almost of my phones now..
games running smooth for me.. btw 4gb ram version P.S.

I was JUST about to create a post about this lag. Something is definitely not right to have lag delays for so long. I was going to say it's probably the ram in our 3gb model but I have two work phones running on 2gb ram and never got lag this bad.
When it just freezes with lag, I check the ram and there is still 1.5gb free so it's not a ram issue, must be a software issue. A few times a day it'll take an app a full 60-90 seconds to launch and everything will be at a snails pace for the next 5 minutes

sid21 said:
never got any lag except youtube but thats probably cause of their app issue since youtube lags in almost of my phones now..
games running smooth for me.. btw 4gb ram version P.S.
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May I ask you, I'm getting the 4/64gb one, how's asphalt 8 running?! (if you have installed it)

PalakMi said:
May I ask you, I'm getting the 4/64gb one, how's asphalt 8 running?! (if you have installed it)
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I haven't played that yet.I live in the US so I only have the 3/32
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ry_t said:
I haven't played that yet.I live in the US so I only have the 3/32
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So any other (intensive game) you have played?! I just want to know how the GPU performs

PalakMi said:
So any other (intensive game) you have played?! I just want to know how the GPU performs
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Nah I only play casual games like Clash Royal and Puzzle Fighter
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ry_t said:
Nah I only play casual games like Clash Royal and Puzzle Fighter
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And they we're smooth, right?!

PalakMi said:
And they we're smooth, right?!
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Yeah I've experienced lag on Puzzle Fighter though :/
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My Moto G runs better lol
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ry_t said:
My Moto G runs better lol
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That's disappointing :/

Yeah, there's definitely a weird lag. the 6x didn't have it (3gb variant too)

Agreed, if I don't see any suggestions in one of the forums I may try the factory reset trick to see if that helps. Hopefully it's not a defective processor...

ry_t said:
Anyone experience any lag issues?I tried sing Facebook Messenger video earlier and it said it didn't connect.I also experienced some lag while playing Puzzle Fighter.I know it's a budget phone but that much lag?:/
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Mine lags bad with just day to day use. Will freeze sometimes.
I'm going to try a reset.

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ry_t said:
Anyone experience any lag issues?
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BND - L24 running B130 software.. Non-Rooted... ZERO issues no matter what I throw at it..

Few people reporting issues of lag from other regions.. Looks like an update will solve it soon..

No lag here...
Destroys everything I throw at it. No lag at all, sometimes apps freezes, but that's bc the app is badly developed and programmed, phone is awesome

I see some lag from time to time, most notably on the camera app (I have a BND-L24). I suspect it may be related to the SD card and/or the amount of pictures I have on there. I have an off-brand 64GB card in there now but I have a Samsung Class 10 U3 on order that should be here Friday, so I will put that in and see if it helps.

PalakMi said:
So any other (intensive game) you have played?! I just want to know how the GPU performs
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Nova 3 is a pretty intensive game, and it runs flawlessly

US version with 3bg RAM.
Mine will lag occasionally, especially if I've recently used facebook and chrome. After that if I try to use the keyboard for anything it freezes quite often, and won't get better unless I wait a minute or kill apps.
I found that limited background processes in developer options gets rid of most of the lag, but doesn't help the camera much. The camera software just seems to be way too much for this phone to handle... not to mention the camera UI is laughably bad.

Exynos Variant to be tuned down?

Many of you saw the Geekbench Scores of the S9 Exynos.
Scores are ~3700 in single core and ~9000 in multi core.
Now I saw this article and the line where it says the Exynos will be tuned down to match the (much slower) Snapdragon model got my attention...
Can someone who has a retail unit (store worker,..) confirm the high Geekbench scores?
Article:
https://www.anandtech.com/show/12478/exynos-9810-handson-awkward-first-results

iamnotkurtcobain said:
Many of you saw the Geekbench Scores of the S9 Exynos.
Scores are ~3700 in single core and ~9000 in multi core.
Now I saw this article and the line where it says the Exynos will be tuned down to match the (much slower) Snapdragon model got my attention...
Can someone who has a retail unit (store worker,..) confirm the high Geekbench scores?
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https://www.anandtech.com/show/12478/exynos-9810-handson-awkward-first-results
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After reading your post and the page you linked... I have absolutely no words. I already bought (pre-order) the S9+ SM-G965FD just because of the Exynos 9810. (Specially after looking at the CPU benchmarks that you are referring to) Every single year, the Exynos outperforms the Snapdragon... not by much... but it is ALWAYS better... Better performance, better battery live, runs cooler... etc. But... this particular year (with the S9/S9+), after watching a bunch of YouTube videos, online reports and benchmarks, it seemed like the Exynos was going to totally kill the Snapdragon variant. I really hate the Qualcomm Snapdragon with their locked bootloader, locked everything, mediocre CPU performance. I hate it as much as I hate Apple. So... I really really really hope that information does not apply to a real consumer S9/S9+ unit. As soon as I get my S9+, the very 1st thing I am going to do is run Antutu 7 and Geekbench 4.
So... as OP mentioned... we need some Samsung Exynos 9810 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 benchmarks... (real retail S9/S9+ unit)

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Absolutely.
The first thing I do when I get my S9 is running a Geekbench.
If single core is not ~3700 and multi core ~ 9000 I send it right back.
I know some say benchmarks are useless but this clearly shows if the new Exynos is a big step up or not. S7 and S8 almost had the same CPU/GPU power.
DON'T tune it down Samsung. Please..

I read the same thing, its going to deter people from getting the exynos and piss off people who buy it and find out later.
Samsung get more and more stupid as the years pass honestly

Why don't we wait and see some real life results. Let's not ignore the fact that while it scores lower in some benchmarks, Snapdragon is so much better in games and emulators than Exynos. Just look at the tests comparing S8 variants. If it's again the same story, Snapdragon is the better choice.

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Why don't we wait and see some real life results. Let's not ignore the fact that while it scores lower in some benchmarks, Snapdragon is so much better in games and emulators than Exynos. Just look at the tests comparing S8 variants. If it's again the same story, Snapdragon is the better choice.
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Not for my usage. As soon as we get root, BL unlock and some sources (obviously this will come first for Exynos than SD), there will be custom kernel and overclock/overvolt to help us enjoy the full performance of Exynos variant.
So going for SD845 is not a better choice, it just depends on your usage (do you plan to unlock BL ? root ? magisk ? custom kernel ?)

RaduNastase said:
Why don't we wait and see some real life results. Let's not ignore the fact that while it scores lower in some benchmarks, Snapdragon is so much better in games and emulators than Exynos. Just look at the tests comparing S8 variants. If it's again the same story, Snapdragon is the better choice.
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The crapdragon will have a locked BL which automatically means it cannot be a better choice.
Theres only 2 reasons why anyone on xda would bother with it.
Your on verizon in which case exynos wont work or you really need carrier features like wifi calling or Volte. Other than that I have no idea why anyone here on xda would waste money on BL locked device when you have another option.

force70 said:
The crapdragon will have a locked BL which automatically means it cannot be a better choice.
Theres only 2 reasons why anyone on xda would bother with it.
Your on verizon in which case exynos wont work or you really need carrier features like wifi calling or Volte. Other than that I have no idea why anyone here on xda would waste money on BL locked device when you have another option.
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Based on past experience (there are many youtubers demonstrating this) Snapdragon runs better in games. And not just a "little" better, "much" better as in twice as fast in many cases.
BL will hopefuly be unlocked in the near future. Root will come regardless.

RaduNastase said:
Based on past experience (there are many youtubers demonstrating this) Snapdragon runs better in games. And not just a "little" better, "much" better as in twice as fast in many cases.
BL will hopefuly be unlocked in the near future. Root will come regardless.
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Thats always been true, games are better on the snapdragon yes. So then thats reason number 3 but if your that into gaming likely you have a killer PC to play on anyway
The BL will never get unlocked however and as long as you dont mind an 80% limit on charging your device yes there is root.

force70 said:
Thats always been true, games are better on the snapdragon yes. So then thats reason number 3 but if your that into gaming likely you have a killer PC to play on anyway
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I certainly don't spend a 1000 $ on a device to use it just for calls and emails. I mean, c'mon
While I have a PS4, lately my gaming machine has been mainly my phone, on the go, as i'm always on the move and not @ home so much.
Hope both versions are great for gaming this time. That exynos geekbench score is simply amazing.

RaduNastase said:
I certainly don't spend a 1000 $ on a device to use it just for calls and emails. I mean, c'mon
While I have a PS4, lately my gaming machine has been mainly my phone, on the go, as i'm always on the move and not @ home so much.
Hope both versions are great for gaming this time. That exynos geekbench score is simply amazing.
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Got to have gaming performance! Least being on the go having something on the go is always nice, even better when it really rocks with fantastic performance.
Find it interesting so far we've seen geekbench scores of both, and we have decent details on the SD GPU but not much on the exynos one.

RaduNastase said:
Why don't we wait and see some real life results. Let's not ignore the fact that while it scores lower in some benchmarks, Snapdragon is so much better in games and emulators than Exynos. Just look at the tests comparing S8 variants. If it's again the same story, Snapdragon is the better choice.
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Dude , some of the emulators were slower on exynos because they weren't optimized for exynos. Not because of the GPU.

Vordx said:
Dude , some of the emulators were slower on exynos because they weren't optimized for exynos. Not because of the GPU.
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Actually, the devs of the Dolphin emulator (Game Cube and Wii) confirmed that Exynos lacks some vital (for their development) instructions that Snapdragon has. There are already vids appearing online (youtuber Techutopia for example) that prove how Exynos in S9 is still sub par (to even Snapdragon 835) in games. Of course, there are factors involved, but the picture slowly becomes clear. And it's the same as last year.

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Actually, the devs of the Dolphin emulator (Game Cube and Wii) confirmed that Exynos lacks some vital (for their development) instructions that Snapdragon has. There are already vids appearing online (youtuber Techutopia for example) that prove how Exynos in S9 is still sub par (to even Snapdragon 835) in games. Of course, there are factors involved, but the picture slowly becomes clear. And it's the same as last year.
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Exynos isn't easy to develop. Doesn't mean the exynos isn't capable of it.

I this point performance doesn't matter too much. Only thing that takes advantage of performance is when you're processing video/images, in which case it's a couple seconds usually, Or gaming, Most mobile games are light, and the heavy ones would have a marginal difference in quality.
I'm new to rooting and stuff, but pretty sure people can undownclock it right?
Also quick question does nerfing exynos performance result in better battery life? And does exynos have same battery life as snapdragon when it isn't nerfed? In the anandtech article it was something about task scheduler and not down-clocking, so it may have the same battery life, in which case I guess you could bring it back to peak performance and then down-clock for better battery.
With locked boot-loaders I read something a while ago that it isn't qualcomms fault (Other phones with same thing are easier). I think Samsung does it but that doesn't make sense as they are the ones that make exynos. I personally am going to get the Exynos note 9.
Take everything I said with a grain of salt, I'm a noob at rooting (I haven't rooted a phone yet, was going to do my OP5 before it got stolen)

I find it odd that while the Exynos performs good at single task benchmark, the SD kills it in Photo editing and other benchmarks.
I doubt it's tuned down but just a few select benchmarks out there right now aren't showing the full picture between these two devices right now. Time will tell so it's a wait and see.
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I have the S9+ Exynos and let's just say that you won't be disappointed

ajaffarali said:
I have the S9+ Exynos and let's just say that you won't be disappointed
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Hey bro. Are you familiar with emulators on android? If yes, could be please test the game Mushihime-Sama (mushisam in MAME) in the Retroarch emu (from PlayStore) with the Mame 2014 core? I know i am being very specific, but it's been a sort of quest of mine for a few years: finding an android smartphone able to play this game at constant 60 fps. Thanks and congrats on you purchase!

ajaffarali said:
I have the S9+ Exynos and let's just say that you won't be disappointed
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Kindly can you run the below command on any Terminal app
Getprop ro.treble.enabled
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M.Noury said:
Kindly can you run the below command on any Terminal app
Getprop ro.treble.enabled
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It's true Project Treble is enabled on this phone
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RaduNastase said:
Hey bro. Are you familiar with emulators on android? If yes, could be please test the game Mushihime-Sama (mushisam in MAME) in the Retroarch emu (from PlayStore) with the Mame 2014 core? I know i am being very specific, but it's been a sort of quest of mine for a few years: finding an android smartphone able to play this game at constant 60 fps. Thanks and congrats on you purchase!
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Sorry- don't know anything about emulators. I've downloaded Retroach and Mame 2014 but how/where do I get the game you mentioned from?

Question Performance: Dimensity 9000 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Hey,
I am very interested if some of you could share their experience with the performance of either the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 or Dimensity 9000 version.
Especially I'm interested in regards of Camera Performance (I heared that Snapdragon Version has a slightly better one), Gaming/Power Usage and overheating/thermal throtting.
Unfortunately I could not find any usefull comparison so far, which makes me curious how your experience is.

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Hey,
I am very interested if some of you could share their experience with the performance of either the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 or Dimensity 9000 version.
Especially I'm interested in regards of Camera Performance (I heared that Snapdragon Version has a slightly better one), Gaming/Power Usage and overheating/thermal throtting.
Unfortunately I could not find any usefull comparison so far, which makes me curious how your experience is.
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I just got mine here in Dubai and it has the Snapdragon ToS. which variants come with the dimensity ?

Not sure but -> Maybe the Dimensity variant does not have the large 20mm x 30mm² fingerprint sensor which would be too bad if true.

xchatter said:
Not sure but -> Maybe the Dimensity variant does not have the large 20mm x 30mm² fingerprint sensor which would be too bad if true.
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where is that information?

lemonade747 said:
where is that information?
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I am only guessing because Qualcomm has this technology "3D Sonic Max". There is no information that Mediatek has similar solution. At least I can't find such. If this is the case, then for me the Snapdragon version wins easily. This is my favourite feature in this phone.

xchatter said:
I am only guessing because Qualcomm has this technology "3D Sonic Max". There is no information that Mediatek has similar solution. At least I can't find such. If this is the case, then for me the Snapdragon version wins easily. This is my favourite feature in this phone.
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Sure, if that is the case then I guess most people will choose the SD version. No one wants to pay the same price for less features.

Full YT video available with a full comparison. Seem like Snapdragon takes a the lead in every department plus benchmarks are higher. Dimensity couldn't even complete stress test without shutting down if that's anything to go by

Totally false. My dimensity completes any stress test. Runs cooler than SD. Battery life is awesome (look at the power consumption difference between them, published online)

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Totally false. My dimensity completes any stress test. Runs cooler than SD. Battery life is awesome (look at the power consumption difference between them, published online)
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Thanks man. I watched a YT from this and his slated it.

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Totally false. My dimensity completes any stress test. Runs cooler than SD. Battery life is awesome (look at the power consumption difference between them, published online)
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DO you have the x80 Pro with dimensity? Does it have the lasge and fast fingerprint? The cameras get the same results as the Snapdragon?

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Thanks man. I watched a YT from this and his slated it.
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That's the snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, not the normal without the "+" so it's possible the results are slightly different on the X80 Pro (with the SD without "+")